The Association of Health Care Journalists is offering a number of fellowships to enable journalists to attend our annual conference, which will be in Atlanta in April.

We have fellowships available for journalists in Missouri, California, New York and Oregon, as well as fellowships for those covering health in rural areas and for journalists who cover beats other than health. We hope to announce one more fellowship in the coming days. More information and a fellowship application is available at http://www.healthjournalism.org/secondarypage-details.php?id=1009.

One highlight of our conference, especially for freelancers, is the Freelance PitchFest:

This gives freelancers an opportunity to sit down and discuss your ideas one-on-one with editors from some of the top magazines, newspapers and websites. In the coming weeks, we'll post information about the editors taking part. In March, you'll have the chance to sign up for quick appointments with the editors you're interested in working with. On Friday, April 20, writers will have a limited amount of time with each editor, so come prepared to sell your work. That means you need to arrive with specific pitches for the editors, as well as clips, resume, etc. This has been called AHCJ's version of “speed dating for writers” and we keep things moving to make many matches with editors and writers possible.